Notices by Chip (bytex64@awesome.garden)

@jmorris The sense of too much is hard to convey with just a few images. It’s well organized into pages and makes sense. It just keeps going and it’s the sum total of it that makes it overwhelming. Here’s the service manual where it all lives: https://segaretro.org/images/4/4e/Sega_Service_Manual_-_Sega_Saturn_%28PAL%29_-_013-1_-_June_1995.pdf

@jmorris But here is the block diagram from the manual that kind of captures the madness.

Y’all ever looked at Sega Saturn schematics? Shit is wild, man. It’s like they just kept adding processors and RAM chips until the board was full.

A friend of mine had an extra(!) TRS-80 Model 100 and offered to send it to me. I of course said yes!

Worked when I got it, but immediately started having LCD contrast issues. I found an article that describes my experience exactly, so hopefully this is just some old, tired caps. http://technobly.com/2016/08/21/fixing-a-trs-80-model-100-lcd-issue/

@freedosproject Alright, found it. So I have, archived from an old floppy disk, the shareware version of Galaxy 2.3. At this point, it wasn't aiming at WordPerfect - it was definitely a WordStar clone. There was no tracking of how many times or how long you use it at this point.

I also have a shareware copy of 2.42 that I got from the web somewhere. It's very similar, but it has a slightly updated logo. It does track how many times you use it (but I don't know if it cuts you off).

@freedosproject Oh interesting. The version I had definitely didn’t have that limitation. I used it for years. When I’m back at my computer I’ll try to track down the particular version I had.

@freedosproject I used a shareware version of Galaxy a ton when I was a kid. It still puts me in a good head space to write when I bring it up today.

@csepp The main thread for this project is here: https://awesome.garden/@bytex64/109899754326079814

I just looked for the service manual and followed the instructions for tearing it down. There is some creative interpretation sometimes, but the main thing is work carefully, be organized, and take reference pictures.

Highly recommend using a piece of cardboard to organize screws for any larger repair project. There is no way I would have kept these straight even in a partitioned container. (Also WHY SO MANY TYPES OF SCREWS, 80S PRINTER DESIGNERS!?) #RetroTech #repair